Q) How do you view the Somali government's priorities?A) Our priority is to rebuild the state institutions and restore our positive role in the Arab world and as a state with responsibilities in the African Horn.
Q) And what is your agenda to achieve this?
A) As a government, we have to achieve security and stability. We have a plan to impose order in the capital Mogadishu and the regions that suffered because of the war. And there are the two statelets -Somaliland and Puntland, both of which are enjoying a reasonable level of security and stability and we do not intend to interfere with them at the present stage. We shall work at consolidating peace and helping displaced people from the capital to return to their homes. We are talking here of about two million people who need help to return to their houses. And we have to build the administrative system of the state, including everything relating to state institutions, which have been destroyed and ruined during the years of the civil war. We have to announce to the world our agenda and programs.
Q) What about peace with the opposition?
A) Our doors are open for peace at all times and they will remain so. There is no minimum or maximum; we are a government of peace and dialogue and we are ready for talks with anyone without any preconditions.
Q) What about your mission as foreign minister?
A) My mission as foreign minister is to convince the world of the need to support these endeavors; without which this country will never have stability. We know that the world and especially those concerned about the region, have to intervene and the Arab world should help us in this.,,more..http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=3&id=16236
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